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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .5.17

yathā uddhava-sandeśe (74) –
[yathaa uddhava-sandeshe (74) –]
kṛṣṇaṁ muṣṇan akaruṇa balād goṣṭato niṣṭhuras tvam
[krishnam mushnan akaruna balaad goshtato nishthuras tvam]
mā maryādām yadu-kula-bhuvām bhindhi re gāndineyaḥ |
[maa maryaadaam yadu-kula-bhuvaam bhindhi re gaandineyah |]
paśyābhyarṇe tvayi ratham adhiṣṭhāya yātrāṁ vidhitsau
[pashyaabhyarne tvayi ratham adhishthaaya yaatraam vidhitsau]
strīṇāṁ prāṇair api niyutaśo hanta yātrā vyadhāhi [Note: This verse is somewhat different in some versions of Uddhava-sandeśa.] 17||
[streenaam praanair api niyutasho hanta yaatraa vyadhaahi [note: this verse is somewhat different in some versions of uddhava-sandesha.] 17||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā uddhava-sandeśe (74) –
kṛṣṇaṁ muṣṇan akaruṇa balād goṣṭato niṣṭhuras tvam
mā maryādām yadu-kula-bhuvām bhindhi re gāndineyaḥ |
paśyābhyarṇe tvayi ratham adhiṣṭhāya yātrāṁ vidhitsau
strīṇāṁ prāṇair api niyutaśo hanta yātrā vyadhāhi [Note: This verse is somewhat different in some versions of Uddhava-sandeśa.] 17||
From Uddhava-sandeśa: O Akrūra! Look closely! When you mount your chariot and start to go to Mathurā, millions of our life airs will also depart. O merciless one, Akrūra! You are cruel, forcibly taking Kṛṣṇa away from Vraja. Do not destroy respect for the Yadu dynasty!

When Akrūra was leaving Vṛndāvana, some of the elderly gopīs rebuked him as follows: “O son of Gāndinī, your cruelty is defaming the dynasty of King Yadu. You are taking Kṛṣṇa away, keeping us in such a pitiable condition without Him. Now, even before you have left, the life air of all the gopīs has practically disappeared.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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